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which the President addressed hint in the following terms :—" The blood which flo,vs through your veins, as well as that purple, recommends you to this Assembly." A Secretary board, consistmg of five members, was instituted, for which emplovnt..mt officers of the army, who are unable to undergo the fa►igues of a cimitaign, are to 9refet red. Three Dputies Were also named to investigate and report the merits Of the candida►e,. The President mentioned his having received se veral anonymous communications, complaining of the slowness in the operations of the Cortes. He ordered the public to withdraw at twelve o'clock, 4414 the sitting was continued until three. OCTOBER 10. A Deputy for La Mancha took the oaths in the usual form Perez De Castro made mention of a plan both defensive and offensive for this Isle, presented by General Galfuzz° rand of another with regard to the cavaliy, by the Marqui , , del Palacio : both were sent to the Commission of War to . be examined. There was also read a circular letter from Senor Llo- rente, Inspeaor-General of the Public Health, with regard to its present state. It declared that the number of sick persons was very small ; and in or der to calm the fears to which several, unfounded • reports had given rise, it added, the number of in feelious disorders was unusually small. OCTOT3BR 13. OLIN-rims, one of the most zealous memberi of the august Congress, and Deputy for Esttemadura, • read a me(nori 4, in which he painted, in the must lively colours the disorders in which the French • • "leave those distrias which they abandon, the num-, beriess evils which their commissaries have caused by their requisitions of - men and provisionS, the want , of all resources; and the miseries; in particular, of • • the cultivators of the ground, by having to support the enemy'S armies and their own ; the decline of the ma aufatiores of common cloths, in consequence .of the manufactories being 'tripped of them with out plytreJt, in order to clothe the cliff:et - ea armies ; •! the consequences of all which would be poverty, • . nakedness, and a geueral fami , ie, it proper measures were not adopted. He il-rt proposed such measures as appeared to him to be proper, (or the purpose of being transmitted to the respective Cocb,misioners of War, Finance, &c. ; concluding with. proposing - the appointment of a 'cornimSsion f r regulating and orgainsitig the province , ,, which might guard against devils such•as those,whicti they ha.i already buttered, and tepair them in the best possibleunanner. dering these .matters as ur6eiir, calling for pre cedency before others—the Cortes passed a decree to this etfect. OCTOBER 14. In a former sitting ARqUELLES had produced the plan of a law on the Itiperty, ot the press, wlech com prised, first the limits of that liberty, aud the penal ties for transgressors ; and secondly, the appoint- Meta of a Junta of learned men, with the title of Su preme Council, PrOtector of the Lite;‘ty of the Press, m order t. protect it from ministerial despotism, and from tyranny. jt was agreed that this plan should he printed, and copies distributed among all the Deputies, in order that 'tic) , might consider the subjeet maturely, and be preparnd to discuss it., This day, the plan being again read, TENREIEO opposed it, alleging, that it was not right to discuss such an important topic without the concurrence of the Deputies who were still wanting.—What (re plied another Member), without their presence the Cortes were installed; without their presence the Spanish people recovered their sovereignty, an event which will form an era in our annals ; and.is it possible, that for an affair not of such importance, we are to wait fur a few Deputies ?— r " But the dis cussion of it was not fixed for to-day."—" It was," replied various individuals. This was confirmed by the President. "We do not come prepared," re plied another; upon which LUIA.I , I ascended the tribune, arid the plan was read. TiNitatao rose again : he declaimed against the liberty of the press, and represented it as the origin of the ruin of empires. (1-le would not, however, p e rmit binistlf to see that this liberty supports the British empire). Some disapprobation was ex pressed, but Tenreiro continued to go on, till at last the disapprobation became more marked. ARGUELLES then ascended the ti ibune. He spew ed that the want of a free communication of ideas had given arms to the Tyrant for our &wallop ; that the English, aware of the cunning arts,of those who meant to oppress them, gave freedom to the pen and liberty to the press; they disentangled and , etablished their principles; they unveiled the plots of their enemies, and refuted their sophisms; their people were instructed, and not left exposed to illu sion : by such means they were all united, and rendered themselves invincible. The reverse had been the fate of the Spaniards; deprived of its_free course, knoWledge became stagnant, the learned re mained dumb, the ignorant were imposed upon ; hence divisions, disunion, and ruin of the nation, and the exaltation of the enemy. ME LIA succeeded, and with exquisite erudition and animated eloquence proved, that the sacred writ ings, our venerable religion, history and reason, fa voured the liberty of the press. It was resolved that the discussion should-be con tinused on the following.day. To-day at ten in the morning, the troops took the oath to the Cortes in the field at Torrealto, in pr - se r i c t e, CLucral.Laimna. The concourse of people was innumerable, the spealacle very fine, and the enthusiasm of all, both soldiers and peasants, was equal. - - - Ocr. t 6.,—Therewas read a Decree of the Cortes passed yesterday, on the claims of the Ame ricans ; in which it was declared, That the Spatii,h dominions in both hemispheres form one sole mo narchy, One sole nation, one sole family . ; and that the n:itia born subjeCts of the European and ,ultra tuariiie dominions are equal in rights to those of this Peninsula ; leaving it as the Province of the Cortes to discuss all tuel.sures relating to the prosperity of tho.se beyond sea, as well as of the form of national representation and number of its members in both hemispheres; declaring also the, in all those trans t-iitlantie Provinces where any commotions have taken place, there shall be a general ad of oblivion with t6g.n:d 0 Clem, from the worm - nit when the so vereign authority which resides in the mother coun try is acknowledged. Om I B.—A letter was read, in' %hich the Junta of Estrernadula b.:licit:lied the Cortes, &c. Various projeOs and memorials were transmitted to the respective commissions. The cliscussi ,,, n upon the liberty of the press fol lowed. Senor GA RCI AFluit caos was for liberty of the press without any censorship, in imitation of the Supreme Tribunal, which never took upon itself to censure any book below it was printed. Senor MEXIA read an article groin the Gazette, which mentioned, " that Buonaparte had decreed, that there should be only one newspaper, of which the Prete& was to be censot.", He added, that the Cortes ought not to wish to resemble Buonaparte. Senor A.houEL LES pronounced an eulogiuin on the discourse of Munoz 'Potrero in a former diseni-ion on this subjed, and refuted that of Llaneras. He observed, that the best mode of cot reding man was the libel ty of the , press ; and noticed, ,that during the ministry of Godoy, when there wee censors, altars were raised to lasciviousness, &c. He defitd any one to say that three ages of disorders arising from the liberty of the press could produce h suc great cvils as- tlioie we have suffered from tire want ot it. - LLANERAs spoke against it, observing that it was not ti'e only road by which a nation reached distinc tion, nor the only means of knowing the public opinion. GOLFIN was for the liberty of the press, because he thought it just, useful, and necessary. He com bated the opinion of Llaneras, observing, that since the art of printing more publicity had been given to - our religion. Another Deputy also spoke in favour of it, ob serving that all were agreed in substance. VALCARCEL, who also supported this liberty, was for putting it to the vote, " whether the question had been sufficiently dist.u,sed ?" The discussion, however,- was continued ; and CREUS read a plan, in which he proposed that she Cortes should perm►t political works to by printed without a censor; and at any rate, it there was a censor, that scibmisslon to him should be voluntary on the part of the author. TENRErRo said, that it could not be doubted that this liberty produced illumination; but chat also by means of it were introduced a thousand errors. He thought that it would be proper to consult the Uni versities, the Bishops, and the Holy Tribunal, who so much abhorred the French. That in Galicia and Catalonia this liberty would not be well received ; that of ttie t 0 millions of inhabitants in Spain, not more than t 00,000 were fin• it ; and that thus a bad oi,inion would be formed of the Cortex. He insist ed that' error were introduced like poison, and that the phdo-ophers had filiedthe world with darkness; that the truly wise were few in number, and had been suffocated by the former ; that Spain had ar rived at the height of its glory without the liberty of the press; and without it, also,:Aad raised its voice against ihe oppressor. He tepeated what the Clergy of krance had told their King :—that tttis fa tal liberty had introduced into England an infinity of sects, which filled the island and the throne with, horrors, and which would one day destroy;the Con stitution of which it boasted, as that of France was lost ; that it was much better to be rude and good, titan knowing and bad, like the French; that the executive power always haq the great influence upon the press, even though it was free, so that the press and its liberty would be as the Govern ment. MU NO TORRERO observed, that the English held it a funda - mental principle, and a declared tight of the nation, to watch over the agents whom it appoint ed; that this right was exeicised through the press, in such a way, that what is done in Parliament be ing published, the most obscure individual could speak what he thought, and enlighten at the Same time the Parliament and the Nation. Would to God it had never been said from the pulpits, that the Deity had inspired Charles IV. to place power in the hands of Godoy, when he gave him the Admiralty, and w hen the liberty of the press existed only for such assertions. He did not speak of learned men only, but of the whole nation, who had a right to declare their opinions. This was not a theory with out praelice, but what was already established by the constitution in England. It was the grossest error to say, that the nation had not the right to de clare its opinions, and yet that its deputies possessed that right; that. when Ferdinand arrived he would possess more force than the executive power; and then, if there was no public opinion, ner the means of establishing it, he might destroy, when he chose, Coites of the nation, as Gudoy had done, be cause there was no public opinion, nor the means of freely establjshing it. He isliewed, that the French Bishops did not perform their duties ; and among other proofs, he mentioned that of. 70 of them being present at an entertainment given by the Conde de Aranda. The best and strongest bul aratk against vice was the moral and religious edu cation of the citizens. He distinguished the civil and religious toleration of the English, from that liberty of the press which he wished to establish. The wise alone did not go form the public opinion, but the whole of the citizens. These ideas were general in Salamanca, Madrid, Badajoz, and in nu merous other places. (Here Monies observed, that in Gallieia the measure would be received with pleasure). Torrero concluded, obsetving, that the army were in favour of the liberty of the press adding, that he had not deduced his opinions from the tights of man, but from principles which he had weighed. ANGVILLES said, that even supposing the opinion of ;Galicia was against the liberty of the press, and tbukt the Cortes should be deceived in supposing that the general opinion was for it, yet it was indis pensabtis to allow it; for by it alone could the ge neral ophsion be ascertained. MORROS observed, that this was an affair of con science, and ought to be decided by theolog►ans and and the holy Lathers ; that the Council of Trent, , in, its 18th and 19th Sessions, pronounced against the liberty of printing even books which treated of politics and the fine arts; that the Council of Lateran prohibited every kind of books without a previous revisal ; that the Cortes ought nut ►o is- We feel the most sincere pleasure in communi cating to our Readers the following Medical Reports. We shall have, we trust, in a few days, the happi ness of announcing the complete restoration of his Majesty's health. " Windsor Castle, Nov. 14. tBto. " His MAJESTY is still better to-day, and ap pear* to be in a state of progressive improvernept. " H. R. REYNOLDS. " H. HALFORD. " W. HEBERDEN. ", M. BAILLIE. " R. Wn.th." The following is the Report of this day •. Windsor Castle, Nov. Is. His MAJESTY is much the same to-day as he was yesterday," " H. R. REYNOLDS. " H. HALFURD. " W. HEBERDEN. " M. BAILLIE. " R. WILLIS." Both Houses of Parliament will meet this day, pursuant to the last adjournment, when, in conse quence of the rapidly improving state of his MA JEVTY'S health, a motion fora further adjournment will be made. It was; we understand, the inten tion of some of the Opposition to have opposed the Question of adjournment, but upon considera tion that plan .was abandoned. We have also heard that they had it in contemplation to have made a motion for . - the examination of the Phy sicians upon oath, but that idea has, we believe, also been given up; so that in all probability the motion for adjournment will be carried nem. con. The KING of SWEDEN landed yesterday at Yar mouth, from the Tartarus frigate, under a salute of 21 guns.—On his reaching the 'beach, be was re-. ceived with three such hearty cheers, as perhaps he never before heard, and such an impression had they on. his Majesty, that tears of gratitude were observed to trickle down his cheek. He was re ceived by Lord GARDNEft, the Port-Admiral, whose carriage was waiting, and into which his Swedish. Majesty got . „ and, preceded by the West York Mi litia, with colours and band, he repaired to the Angel Inn to take refreshment, previous to his setting out for London. He was dressed in scarlet, with a star on his breast, and looked remarkably well. Th 3 preceding article of intelligence will, we are persuaded, give as much pleasure to the people in general, as the reception which the i11i 1511.1c115 i t '5 stranger received must h ave a ff or d e d him. "" or impossible to avoid expressing, o n thi s occasion' - n sense of the proud eminence on which this Country wands, e'en in comparison with France,which at P re ' . sent is able to wield the whole power of the Eurnr e° l Continent. In that Country th e p eo pl e are Held an iron yoke, and are alm os t a f ra id t o thirrk. 4; v same bondage and the sam e t enor p rev ail in all the vassal nations of the Contine n t. We find that t"t only the miserable inhabitants of the different cn ecr but tries are constantly attempting to escape , even the brothers of the great Tyrimt the earth are under the necessity of removing fr om th reach of his power. A n d w h ere Carl the rli g ltive.-o 4 of every country expeCt a s ecure , com fortable, 9 " honourable asylum, but under the protection of 10 British Government ?—Here they are not only safe from the power of the Ty rant , b ut ma y Openly' ten t their feelings. Here, they fled a people, who n°t only dare to think and speak With freedom , litj who may print their sentiments - without hesit atlOr. ' and comment upon the measures of Geverr ljel' t How must strangers be struck with the CO' As to the King. of SWEDEN, it is not t o be deu 6te h that the treatment w hi c h h e rec ei ve d at YarolcLit, 5 will be -a sample of th e r espe ll an d este em "'l ll which his heroic actions, and noble 'sentitvez° amidst the Royal degradation of the Conlin eP l must have impressed our countrymen in gen et '" and that all ranks will v i e i n zea l to g i ve the sPirl • ed monarch a cordial welcome. T s'' Ms Swedish Maje s ty was rece i ve d w i t h en t- 4 , l he astir acclamations wh erever h e appea red. j ' , 5 people took the horses from Lord Gii °l°lt f cArriage, and dr ew i t f ur some part of Elie 'The King seemed to be- deeply affetted, 30a f w .ito turned the ardent salutations of the peopl e g evident marks of tenderness and delight. His *die jesty was exp e ct e d to stop at L owestol fe, - road to town. The Princess Aluti dined with the QuE 4cIP cesses, and the rest of the lloyal Family, on 'fUe for the first time since her close attenJance • Princess AMELIA. • ce at Yesterday their Royal. Highnesses the Pririb4 WALES,- Dukes Of YORK, C UM " RLAND , - BRIDGE, arrived in tots n, from Windsor. .0, 5 t INDIA-HousE.—Yest er d a y a C our t' O f was held, when the following Captains w ere !',.." inio the command of their resp e etiv e Princess Ameli a , C a p t . E. B ALs - roN piofe, " J3' J. PENDERGRASS ; and Taunton Castle, (33 ,c f ; 0 1, RICHARDSON, for Mad r as an d Capt. G. SIM PSON , f or Bombay and nfil i a ,• i ciP The ship Mntratt was stationed for Betlal.:: t sis instead of the Albion.—The Court adjourned o'clock, till to-morrow. O 11 111 fl TRACT OF A LETT ER FROM A STFP ) 451 DATED CADACEIRA, LEIIIND Tonlas Y— oCT. 27. - " Some days after our arrival at our li nes ea" the French made s e ve ra l ar t ac k s on ou r 00 1 ;50 which, at length, terminated in our retiring- t 0 a rivulet, forming a so r t o f natura l b ou ndary position. n ioef " We moved from Torres V e d ras to thi s :' oti f with a view of being at once r e ady to enter in.alert position, and we have been co n s tan tly 00 th e t he expetting to be attacked. At present, '10% 11 ' 6 0 e r : 1 14 enemy testifies no disposition t o ma k e the I. l t l-- and it is not improbable that, b e i ng deprivr ° e ,jtri co-operation of MOETIER, who has been commotions in Andalusia to return thithe r ; 6 14 / SENA may think it imprud e nt t o p ut the wha' e to te i on the issue of a battle. Ho w he continu es nc eo l f ' . tain his present position I ca nn ot i ma gine, s ',„ t e his communications are cut off by t he o P t ber e Coimbra, and his means of subsistence, eicc' fore every day straitened and diminished. " We learn ,from deserters, who _daily O tlie t e different parts of our camp, that the French I , ; 0 4 absolute want of bread; no. rations of wh ich been delivered for forty days past. All t I : e 2, 7 1 11 64 ,, - 1 had has been produced only by plunder. hitherto been well supplied with meat, th°-",Vr late without salt, which must inevitably Pro cl , d eil l : sentery and other complaints. Under all th e i e barrassments, I conclude they must soon c na er oil l attempt on us here, or endeavour to retire, r aoross the Tagus mid the Alentejo. acqui t " Our Portuguese are eery day Ott creased confidence, and will, I doubt not , 1;," 1 ",, j ,„' ly•prove excellent troops. The Marquis L ', ° ;ist hasjoined us with a corps of Spa n iards,t o fto k i the defence of this c o rn e r o f t h e p e ninsa°' io il° whence I trust will spring the u l t imate libe rlit the whole." let? The execution of Bu'oNA 1. 7 A aTa's Decree' - or 10 0 ing an extrayogant duty on Coloniarproduce.n.nv has, it seems, met with some oppositien ift01)!; many. Some letters have been received froa3l‘ fort, which state, that seri ous disturbances had aft,ll place in that city, in consequence of an i i , t ‘i t , e e re 64 ;1 , exadt these duties. No hop e s, however,' tenanted that the persons liable to the (lat' e : '„ g ultimately succeed in eith er eva d in g or resit''''' meat. et' 10 11 ) A Captain of a vessel has just racily" f ie f ; from-Holiand, who left it on the 8111 jo t ' that a measure yet more rigorous than " 0 1 10 4 , of Conscription had been adopted, and iba tj e ept ier a; between 18 and 22 years old, without were dragged to the armies, from tile 111 11" 01;01 the highest rank to the lowest. ;The J: ) A C ' - ge#' 18th ult. respelling burning colonial prF" niy..been then carved into etiett.. ~.~L\~~ Caps ,4771, Pqrti Co?b les t) con, Ira n t the That Vbt soul brig isist E Vac aaon ze e , ' rep( 110 p :do n At `this tell eve of d off W as c't t Va s call , the all rem any br►d dam sh ol to r St.. Cap P(2l Cap C ol , Area and a declaration contrary to so many pio'as regula tions, &c. MOK ALES replied, that the Bull nuoted by Moribs only spoke of the books of the- heretics known to be such. OLITEROS observed, that the fullers in the first ages of the Church cried out for the liberty of writ ing, for printing was then unknown.; the greatest persecution of the Church vt as in the time of Julian, who prohibited all their books. GAZETTE OF CADIZ, Ocr. 23. " The relation which the enemy have published of the ataion.of Canta el Gallo, is a tissue of false hoods. " The Duke_ of Dalmatia has not hesitated to as sure the people of Seville, that in the above gtion 2000 prisoners, and to pieces of cannon, were taken—most egregious lies. " It. is, doubtless, very strange that a General of so much credit as this Marshal, - (at least, if we may believe the praises bestowed on him by Napo leon), should in this manner forfeit his honour and his word by daring to publish such absurdities, which appear to be such even by the circumstance of their wanting dates. This treacherous and infa mous proceeding can only be attributed to the desire which all the French have to deceive the Spanish people with extraordinary and incredible accounts. Only the French can entertain such ideas ; their frivolity induces th em to h e li eve th e e th ey can de ceive the Spaniards in the same manner as they de ceive each other. " But let these orders of the,day, these bulletins . of their armies, be compared with the official cor respondence which we cow inually intercept ; and the French themselves, the Duke of Dalmatia him self, must express themselves in very different terms, and unanimously assure the Emperor, that " ihe war in Spam is interminable." TARRAGONA, SRPT. 20.—RGbera and Claros have entered the French territory, exaaed contributions in several places, and taken the muskets from the pational guard. In other respeas their soldiers pre served the most exact discipline. M A I LS. AR R IVED—I Cadiz, I Waterford. Due--1 Lisbon, 'Dub lin, i Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS - THIS DAY A r TVYKLVE )'CLOCK. Consols - - 6711 Offinium - - - - 4i TEI E S UN. SOLALI QUIS DICiRIC:FALSUM AtiDEAT ? L 0 N 0 - .11', THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1810.